| Eragrostis ciliaris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Genus: | Eragrostis |
| Species: | E. ciliaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Eragrostis ciliaris | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Eragrostis ciliaris, the gophertail lovegrass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae). [2] It is native to the Old World Tropics; nearly all of Africa, Madagascar, other Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines and a number of Pacific islands, and has been introduced to the New World Tropics and Subtropics, from the southern United States to Argentina, the Caribbean, and other Pacific islands. [1] Its seeds are edible and nutritious, but quite small and difficult to harvest and handle, so it is usually regarded as a famine food. [3]
